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If I was shocked by what I discovered, patients ought to be furious—not just because the promises made to them were never going to be kept but because they can see when they go into hospital how badly the health service needs new buildings. The NHS is quite literally crumbling. The independent investigation of the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, found that the NHS was starved of capital investment by the previous Government. Its outdated estate has hit productivity, with services disrupted at 13 hospitals every day during 2022-23. I have visited hospitals where the roof has fallen in and where pipes regularly leak and even freeze over in winter. The Conservatives literally did not fix the roof when the sun was shining.